Seaman v. City of Perth Amboy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PaRkeR, J.

The Supreme Court on certiorari set aside an ordinance of the city of Perth Amboy purporting to authorize the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company to construct, maintain and operate a railroad track longitudinally in a southerly direction on Lligh street, one of the public streets of said city, on land which would normally be the easterly sidewalk of High street, for a distance of between five hundred and six hundred feet, terminating at the corner of Washington street. The city has appealed to this court.

The first point made is one of practice,…